An acquaintance on Mr. Xue Xiaohou’s boat.
Xue Yongzhi must be the first to be eliminated. Shen Xuan has never met Gu Hengbo before, which means...
Seeing the two people looking at him, Xu He was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Gu Hengbo still remembered him.
The three people got on the boat and saw that although the boat was small, it was well-equipped and very elegant.
There was a boy at the stern of the boat fanning the stove with a cattail leaf fan. The closed hatch opened after the three people boarded the boat.
A woman named Tingting was standing at the hatch looking at the three of them with a smile. Xu He took a closer look and saw who it could be if it wasn't the Gu Hengbo he saw that day.
Maybe Gu Hengbo liked the way men dressed up. He was wearing a moon-white gown and holding a book in his hand. If he looked at him from a distance, he would have thought he was a troubled young man.
But there was a lot of wind on the river, and when it blew by, I could see that Gu Hengbo's long gown was blown by the wind and stuck to her delicate body.
Gu Hengbo laughed and said: "I just caught a glimpse of the young Marquis showing off his power on Hengbo's boat. I never thought I would see Mr. Xu!"
Xue Yongzhi smiled bitterly and said: "Well, you Gu Meisheng, I'm going to see you, it's better for you to hide in the boat and watch my excitement!"
Gu Hengbo smiled lightly: "I feel unwell tonight and want to go to bed early. I never thought that the Marquis of Deqing would use a boat. I had no choice but to hide out and read a book!"
When the three men heard this, they couldn't help but think to themselves that if the brothel's business could reach this level, it could no longer be described as powerful.
Moreover, Gu Hengbo is well-known as a courteous person, which means that he has not yet entered the palace.
Although this is suspected of being sold at a price, it really requires some means and calculation to allow people to watch it from a distance for so many years without playing with it.
At this time, Gu Hengbo cupped his hands like a man and said to Xu He: "Hengbo met the young master in Hailing last time. Unexpectedly, he had already heard that the young master's name spread to the southeast before he came to the provincial examination!"
Xu He bowed slightly and said seriously: "I would also like to thank everyone for your words of encouragement last time!"
The last time Xu He met Gu Hengbo, he copied two poems about seclusion, causing Gu Hengbo to misunderstand that he had the idea of reclusiveness at a young age. Later, he seriously advised Xu He.
So Xu He just made the mistake and thanked him.
As the saying goes, listen to others and have enough to eat. When the person who persuades others sees that the other person listens to the advice, he will also feel a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Especially when Gu Hengbo heard that the head of the trial case was from Hailing, his name was Xu He. At that time, she thought of the young man she saw in Huibin Building that day.
Then I heard that Xu He turned out to be Xiao Sanyuan from the county, government, and road, which further confirmed the other party's identity.
Because that day in Hailing, that Xu He had just finished the county examination and won the title of head of the case.
When he thought that in just a few short months, the other party had actually seized three cases in a row, Gu Hengbo thought that he was proud of you: "I was the one who persuaded Mr. Xu that day!"
Once such an idea was planted, she had the idea of asking Xu He to talk about it.
But today, as the head of the hairpin banquet, it is impossible for Xu He to come to the Qinhuai River.
But fate is really interesting sometimes. Just when Gu Hengbo was about to send someone to invite him tomorrow, he didn't expect to see Xue Yongzhi and the man he met in Hailing that day on the boat.
She was indeed unlike any other woman born in a brothel. She had been talking to Xue Yongzhi and Xu He since she boarded the ship, and she did not even make eye contact with Shen Xuan the whole time.
After finally explaining the whole story clearly, Xue Yongzhi was afraid of neglecting Shen Xuan, so he quickly introduced to Gu Hengbo: "Meisheng, this is the young master from Shenge's hometown in Songjiang! Shen Xuan! Shen Zongqi!"
When Shen Xuan heard this, he quickly stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I've heard for a long time that Mr. Gu is a master of poetry and painting. When I saw him today, I was astonished!"
There is no need to go into details about the influence of the Shen family in the southeast. Xu He and Xue Yongzhi thought that Gu Hengbo would be as enthusiastic as before, but unexpectedly she just smiled lightly after hearing this, without even a polite word, which made Shen Xuan very upset. Awkward.
Xue Yongzhi relieved the atmosphere and said: "Meisheng has this temper, this temper!"
Gu Hengbo smiled slightly when he heard this, bowed his head and said nothing.
Shen Xuan was really embarrassed this time, but although he was young, he was very experienced in dealing with people. The former Xiaoge elder laughed at himself: "Shen Xuan has an obscure literary reputation and mediocre talents. No wonder everyone can't favor him." treat! "
Xue Yongzhi was listening and hurriedly winked at Gu Hengbo.
But Gu Hengbo pretended not to see it, and turned to Xu He and said: "Mr. Xu, the Nu family heard a legend a while ago that a talented man named Xu He in Hailing composed a poem, which included the following lines: "The gentle breeze gathers the waves, and the scattered composition Is the author of the words "Manhe Xing" a young master?"
Xu He didn't expect that this poem had already reached Jinling. He nodded and said, "It was written on the night boat shortly after everyone Gu left!"
Gu Hengbo's eyes lit up and he said happily: "It is really the work of the young master!"
Speaking of this, she returned to the desk, picked up a stack of paper, brought it to Xu He, rummaged for a long time, and finally pulled out a piece of paper and said: "I also drew a picture for this. When I saw the young master today, I also Please help me copy the poem next to the painting. I want to hide it, but I will take it out to appreciate it when I have time later!"
At this time, the three men in the cabin all saw a small painting. A few simple strokes on the painting outlined a scene of a large river, a lonely boat, and a sky full of stars.
Xue Yongzhi and Shen Xuan didn't expect that the three of them would get on the boat at the same time. The one who won the most favor from this beauty turned out to be Xu He, a young scholar!
This made the two of them feel really uncomfortable.
Xu He took the painting and said to Gu Hengbo: "Gu people are very good at painting, so I will show my shame."
After saying that, he stood up and went to Gu Meisheng's desk, and recorded the poem in a few simple strokes.
It was also the first time for Gu Hengbo to see Xu He write. She saw that Xu He's calligraphy had the style of Wei Bei's style, and it was deliberately short, clumsy and cute. It was very Zen-like. She immediately liked it so much that she held it in her hand and looked at it. , it seems like you can’t get enough.
At this time, Xu He saw that most of the orchids on her desk were either poems or paintings, so he smiled and asked, "Gu, do you still like orchids?"
Xue Yongzhi was finally able to interject at this time: "The orchid of Meisheng is famous in Jinling. I don't know how many people spend thousands of dollars to find one!"
Gu Hengbo heard this and asked expectantly: "Master Xu can also draw orchids?"
Xu He shook his head: "I can only draw rocks, but not orchids!"
Unexpectedly, Gu Hengbo said in surprise: "Hengbo can only draw orchids, but he can't draw rocks well. Why don't you ask Mr. Xu to paint rocks, and I will paint the orchids..."
Xu He couldn't help but become interested when he heard this. In later generations, he studied landscape painting with Li Xiongcai, a representative of the Lingnan School of Painting.
There was a period of time when he was studying stone painting. After Gu Hengbo said this, he felt that he had not painted for a long time and his hands were itchy.
The backbone of landscape painting is mountains and rocks. The representation of rocks and mountains in Li Xiongcai's landscape paintings is very different from the sensitive split-face painting method used in Western paintings.
It uses the power of the painter's brush to express the three-dimensional sense and texture of rocks and mountains with lines that vary in thickness, frustration, turning, and weight.
Master Li even summarized the painting method of "stones are divided into three sides", giving full play to the skill of using the brush, making the lines under the brush round, heavy, lingering and changing to express the volume and texture of the stone. They do not completely abandon light and dark, but they do not Bound by light and dark, he uses pen more to express the structure of the stone.
And this kind of painting method is simply a creative existence in this era.
Xu He painted a piece of Taihu stone with a hollow center in just five strokes.
This stone was exquisite and delicate, and it appeared on the paper. Xue Yongzhi was surprised and said: "This, isn't this the Yiyun Peak among the osmanthus bushes in the southeast corner of the Flower Basket Hall in my mansion?"
